# Louis Kamper
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{{Short description|American architect (1861–1953)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|03|11}}
| birth_place = [Kingdom of Bavaria](/source/Kingdom_of_Bavaria)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|02|24|1861|03|11}}
| death_place = [Grosse Pointe, Michigan](/source/Grosse_Pointe%2C_Michigan)
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| practice = [McKim, Mead, and White](/source/McKim%2C_Mead%2C_and_White), Scott & Scott
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[[File:CadillacSquareBldg.jpg|thumb|[Cadillac Square Building](/source/Cadillac_Square_Building), 1918 (demolished)]]
[[File:WestinBookCadillac.jpg|thumb|[Book-Cadillac Hotel](/source/Westin_Book_Cadillac_Hotel), 1924]]
[[File:175Merriweather.jpg|thumb|Sutton Residence, [Grosse Pointe](/source/Grosse_Pointe), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), 1931]]
'''Louis Kamper''' (March 11, 1861 – February 24, 1953)[Louis Kamper [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19095851 at Find-A-Grave], Retrieved on July 8, 2009] was an [American](/source/Americans) [architect](/source/architect), active in and around [Detroit](/source/Detroit) and [Wayne County, Michigan](/source/Wayne_County%2C_Michigan), in the United States.
==Project range==
In the early 20th century, with the major development of Detroit's [Washington Boulevard](/source/Washington_Boulevard_Historic_District) launched by the Book brothers, Louis Kamper was called to redesign the street wall of the area.[[http://www.historicdetroit.org/building/book-tower-and-book-building/ Book Tower and Book Building]. ''Historic Detroit''. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.] As a result, the boulevard is now lined with several Kamper-designed buildings: the Book Building (1916), the [Washington Boulevard Building](/source/Washington_Boulevard_Building) (1922–23), the [Book-Cadillac Hotel](/source/Westin_Book_Cadillac_Hotel) (1924), the [Book Tower](/source/Book_Tower) (1926), and the [Industrial Building](/source/Industrial_Building_(Detroit)) (1928). Other downtown works include the [Cadillac Square Building](/source/Cadillac_Square_Building) (1918), demolished in 1978, and the [Water Board Building](/source/Water_Board_Building_(Detroit%2C_Michigan)) (1928), one of his finest skyscrapers.
His residential architectural projects include the [Châteauesque style](/source/Ch%C3%A2teauesque) [Col. Frank J. Hecker House](/source/Col._Frank_J._Hecker_House) in Detroit,[[https://web.archive.org/web/19990429171204/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/detroit/d29.htm National Park Service: Colonel Frank Hecker House]] and the [Italian Renaissance Revival style](/source/Renaissance_Revival_architecture) Murray Sales House (1917) in [Grosse Pointe](/source/Grosse_Pointe), Michigan.{{refn|group=note|The Murray Sales House, located at 251 Lincoln Road in Grosse Pointe, was later altered from the original design.}}
Louis Kamper styled the four [architectural sculpture](/source/architectural_sculpture)s above the Michigan Avenue entrance to the Book-Cadillac Hotel which are, from left to right: Anthony Wayne, Antoine Cadillac, Chief Pontiac, and Robert Navarre.[Lloyd, Marshall Davies (August 20, 2006).[http://www.mlloyd.org/gen/navarre/text/arms.htm Navarre Arms]. Retrieved on June 17, 2008.]
==Kamper-designed buildings==
:All buildings are located in [Detroit](/source/Detroit), unless otherwise indicated.
Buildings designed by Louis Kamper include:
*[Col. Frank J. Hecker House](/source/Col._Frank_J._Hecker_House), 1888–1892
*Marvin M. Stanton Home ("The Castle"), 1898[[http://detroit1701.org/The%20Castle.html Marvin M. Stanton Home]. ''Detroit1701''. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.]
*Detroit International Fair and Exposition Building, 1889 (structure made entirely of wood)
*Hugo Scherer summer home, 1898
*[Eighth Precinct Police Station](/source/Eighth_Precinct_Police_Station), 1900–01
*Frederick Chambe, 1897–1898
*Frank J. Hecker, 1900
*Bloomer and Nellie Gill House, [Galion](/source/Galion), Ohio, 1902–1903
*Austin E. Morey, building permit issued 8/18/1903, finished 1904
*Arthur E. Barker, building permit issued 12/14/1908, finished 1910
*Cornelius Ray Mansion, building permit issued 11/12/1909, finished 1910
*James Burgess Book Mansion, building permit issued 9/1/1910, finished 1911
*George E Lawson Residence, building permit issued 10/9/1912, finished 1913
*Herman Darmstaetter, 1913
*Roseland Park Mausoleum, 1914
*August P. Kling, building permit issued 12/9/1914, finished 1915
*Frank B. Melin, 1915
*Book Building, 1916
*Murray Sales House, [Grosse Pointe](/source/Grosse_Pointe), Michigan, 1917
*Kamper Residence, building permit issued 4/23/1915, finished 1917
*C. Henry Haberkorn, 1917
*[Cadillac Square Building](/source/Cadillac_Square_Building), 1918 (demolished, 1978)
*Henry Wiegert, 1921
*Kurt Kling, 1921
*Clarence J. McLeod, 1922
*Herbert V. Book Jr., 1921–1922
*Louis N. Hilsendegen, 1922
*[Washington Boulevard Building](/source/Washington_Boulevard_Building), 1922–23
*Carlton Plaza Hotel, 1923 (renovated into The Carlton Lofts)
*[Book-Cadillac Hotel](/source/Westin_Book_Cadillac_Hotel), 1924 - four sculptures above the Michigan Avenue entrance
*[Park Avenue House](/source/Park_Avenue_House), 1924
*[Eddystone Building](/source/Eddystone_Building), 1924
*[Park Avenue Hotel](/source/Park_Avenue_Hotel_(Detroit)), 1924 (demolished 2015)
*[Book Tower](/source/Book_Tower) (adjacent to the Book Building), 1926{{refn|group=note|A 1929 project for an even taller, 81-story New Book Tower remained unbuilt due to the advent of the [Great Depression](/source/Great_Depression).[{{Cite web|url=https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/charles-w-kotcher-house-154-arden-park-boulevard|title = Charles W. Kotcher House (154 Arden Park Boulevard) | Historic Detroit}}]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite book | author=Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher | title=AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture | year=2002 | publisher=Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-3120-3 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/aiadetroitameric0000hill }}
==External links==
*[http://historicdetroit.org/architect/louis-kamper/ Historic Detroit — Louis Kamper]
*[http://www.forgottendetroit.com/caddy/history.html Book Cadillac Hotel]
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